Red Shield in the Black Hills: The Final Journey of Jesse Graves

Red Shield in the Black Hills: The Final Journey of Jesse Graves

“A farewell to Wahacanka Luta—the Delta bluesman, medicine man, and spiritual guide who found his final home in the sacred Paha Sapa.” Jesse Graves (1949 –2023), born Michael Floyd, was an American blues guitarist and singer devoted to preserving the acoustic Delta blues traditions of the 1920s and 1930s. Emerging from the East Coast folk revival of the 1960s, Graves was encouraged by legendary bluesman Johnny Shines, who told him, “Son, you got…